The Department of Agriculture (DA) turned over farm equipment and planting materials amounting to P83.3 million to farmers in Bicol.
In Sorsogon Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala gave P49 million worth of farm equipment to qualified groups, local government units (LGUs) and other private groups.
Qualified beneficiaries were awarded with 4,961 bags certified palay seeds, 1 hand tractor with trailer, 1 palay thresher, 1 cassava pulverizer, 2 units cassava grater with juice extractor, 1 cassava granulator, 1 cassava chipper, 16 bags assorted vegetables, 48 sets garden tools, 3 green houses, 3 shallow tube wells, and 1 unit four-wheel-drive tractors.
The local government of Sorsogon received 16,000 pieces cacao seedlings, 16,000 pieces coffee seedlings, 8,000 pili seedlings and 50 bags Green Super Rice seeds.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Bfar), an attached agency of the DA, awarded three units of Community Fish Landing Center worth P 2.8 million each to the local governments of Juban, Santa Magdalena and Matnog.
Moreover, 50 units of Stand-Alone Fish stalls worth P11,975 each were given to the LGU of Donsol, Sorsogon City, Prieto Diaz, Gubat and Bulan.
Alcala also turned over checks for farm-to-market road projects under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) in Juban, Gubat and Prieto Diaz, and for the establishment of flatbed dryer for the PLGU of Sorsogon totaling P8.6 million.
Farm-production inputs and goods were raffled off to lucky attendees including bottom gill nets, nonmotorized fiber-glass bancas, motorized boats and marine motor engines courtesy of the Bfar. Other items that were raffled off include OPV corn seeds, laminated sacks, palay threshers, native piglets, sheep packets, carabaos with implements and hand tractors with trailers.
From Sorsogon, Alcala proceeded to Legaspi City, where he turned over a P1.5 million worth of Organic Trading Post to the city government.
The trading post, which will be established across the Albay Astrodome, will serve as the marketing center of organic products produced in Legaspi City and neighboring municipalities. The center will, likewise, showcase latest technologies and good organic-agriculture practices.
While in Albay, Alcala conducted a stakeholders’ meeting and farmers’ forum attended by more than 2,600 farmers, fishermen and other agri-stakeholders. He also turned over P34.3 million worth of farm equipment and checks for livelihood and infrastructure projects.
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